Berry Global Group is collaborating with Mars to launch its pantry-sized treats in PET jars that have been optimised to be lighter weight and include 15% PCR. With the shared mission of creating more sustainable packaging solutions, Berry and Mars will launch the recyclable jars for the M&Ms, Skittles and Starburst brands. The easy-grip …
Wrapper overhaul for two key Nestlé brands
Nestlé aims to eliminate more than 3billion pieces of packaging with an overhaul of two of its biggest brands. Quality Street is moving from twist-wrapped sweets to paper packaging, while KitKat has launched wrappers made with 80% recycled plastic that can be recycled at stores across the UK and in household recycling in Ireland. …
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Alpla, Ecohelp and UPT opens first PET recycling plant in Romania
The Alpla Group, together with its joint venture partners Ecohelp (Ecohelp SRL – Romania) and UPT (United Polymer Trading AG – Switzerland), has opened its first PET recycling plant in Romania after a construction time of nine months and investment of around 7.5 million euros. The state-of-the-art plant is now producing around 18,000 tonnes …
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Re.life market platform facilitates recycling trades
Re.life market, the virtual marketplace for business-to-business buying and selling of recovered commodities, recorded over 150,000 tonnes of recyclable material being traded on the platform in 2022, amounting to over AED100 million in value. This is a major milestone for the platform, which was launched by Re.life in 2021, and a powerful indicator of the …
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Rebound, Bioeconomy and ACX to form Plastics Alliance
Rebound (RPX), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with carbon-focused companies Bioeconomy and ACX Holdings Ltd, the holding company of the AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) group, to identify net-zero carbon and recycled plastics opportunities in the Middle East and around the world. Plastics are on track …
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SIG launches ‘Recycle for Good’ in Eygpt
SIG to launch ‘Recycle for Good’, an innovative recycling initiative to enable direct household and food service industry collection of used aseptic carton packs through tech-based solutions. This initiative involving SIG and Tagaddod is the first of its kind in the Egyptian market. Consumers can use a mobile app to arrange for their used …
Dow and LVMH partner to improve sustainable packaging
Dow and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH, the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, to collaborate to accelerate the use of sustainable packaging across LVMH’s perfume and cosmetic products. This collaboration would enable both bio-based and circular plastics to be integrated into several of the beauty multinational’s product applications without …
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Mondi expands range of FunctionalBarrier Papers
Mondi, one of the global leaders in packaging and paper is expanding its unique range of medium, high and very high-barrier paper-based packaging to support customers on their journey to use more sustainable packaging solutions. The company has further evolved its portfolio and now offers a full range of FunctionalBarrier Papers to customers. By …
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Waitrose launches certified compostable teabags
Waitrose has announced that it is the first UK supermarket to sell certified own brand home compostable tea bags. All of its Duchy tea bags are now accredited with a TUV OK compost HOME certification so tea bags can be placed directly into a home compost bin or heap. This compost can then be …
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UAE plans its first food-grade plastic recycling plant
The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) on 17 January 2023 oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), which will lay the groundwork for new plastic recycling facility in the UAE. Under the plans, a 12,000 tons per annum polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant has …
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